Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. There also was much uncertainty around reimbursement and regulations regarding telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 3, 2019

"By having a psychiatric nurse assessor interact with the patient to address immediate concerns and gather information first, the telemedicine psychiatrist receives a more thorough background and review of the patient’s unique needs." " Char Biamonte Stockl, RN, CaroMont Health. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2022

Luke's decided on telehealth vendor Amwell and the digital health subsidiary of Amwell, SilverCloud Health. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. By implementing the telehealth model, one of St. " MARKETPLACE. " To ensure patient privacy, St.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you’re active in the telemedicine world (or just paying attention to it), then you know that virtual care’s benefits aren’t always matched by its adoption rates. The potential to transform healthcare globally is there – but somehow the actual telemedicine deployments aren’t always happening where they can do the most good.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Molly and I then segued into how the health system incumbent players — hospitals, plans, clinicians, and life science companies — can (and should be) part of the telehealth ecosystem and solutions to deliver care, everywhere. Thanks to Microsoft for its leadership in enabling better healthcare, everywhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

“The loosening of the telehealth requirements by CMS, specifically mandating that telehealth visits be reimbursed on par with office visits, was essential to successfully navigate through the early days of the pandemic,” said Dr. Steve Martel, chief medical information officer at Central Maine Healthcare. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

The need to quickly integrate telemedicine, and an opportunity for a better patient care model, caused a digital transformation roadmap to get accelerated. "Telehealth is a great example," he said. "Before 2020, telehealth visits composed a miniscule fraction of our ambulatory care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 22, 2020

Many consumers are starting to accept telehealth as a standard of healthcare delivery in their everyday lives, whether through direct to consumer wearables like FitBit or Oura or professional telemedicine consults offered by their healthcare providers, employers, or insurance […]. The following is a guest article by Rebecca E.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Striking the right balance between prioritizing quality patient care and managing everyday leadership tasks is pivotal for healthcare organizations. During my years at Iris, I’ve seen many clinics promote staff members into leadership positions based on seniority rather than on that person having experience in leadership or administration.

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GlobalMed

JULY 10, 2019

If telehealth has one superpower it’s famous for, it’s bringing quality care to the underserved. But to fill the care gap, two conditions must be met: To connect remote and underserved populations to the right care , telemedicine must be easily accessible. Entry costs can be a major barrier to universal telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2023

"This was generally used for retired clinical nurses or others who had the time and desire to sit next to a patient," he continued. When that happened, we would generally have to re-assign an even more critical individual, such as a nurse or a patient care technician, to help protect that patient. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"Like many other health systems, the need to control operating costs while at the same time improving patient safety was a challenge for our leadership team," said David Smith, associate vice president of virtual medicine at UMass Memorial Health. " David Smith, UMass Memorial Health. " MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

and expert personnel (doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators). "USC turned to GI Digital, a company with a long history in providing capsule endoscopy services and related technologies through its sister companies in Europe and Southeast Asia, to create a USC platform for GI via telehealth, or 'Tele-GI,'" he said.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Nursing appears to have the highest rate of burnout at 56%. The number of nurses who reported a conscious and deliberate desire to find other employment came in at 41%. According to a survey in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , nearly half of healthcare workers have experienced burnout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, PrimaryOne Health dealt with regulations that prevented routine telemedicine visits with patients. However, once the pandemic started, the rules and demand for care changed in a way that let us quickly deploy telehealth services. "The team quickly developed the plan and it went live," McGlade said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2019

Working in partnership with vendor Advanced ICU Care, which provides telemedicine technology and services, the health system kicked off the implementation this week at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center in Kentucky, with 11 more locations set go go live by July. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

Hospitals are using Artisight’s capabilities for remote support of nurses, but they are expanding to other disciplines as well. When you leverage nurses at the bedside and others watching over video, each can focus on different aspects of care. The physically present nurse has more time to spend with the patient.

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American Well

JULY 10, 2018

At this year’s Client Forum, hosted in Boston, MA, American Well recognized some of our trusted clients who have been extraordinary leaders throughout their telehealth journey. It was only a few years ago that Children’s Health was working alongside the Texas State Medical Board to legalize telehealth in the state.

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American Well

JULY 10, 2018

At this year’s Client Forum, hosted in Boston, MA, American Well recognized some of our trusted clients who have been extraordinary leaders throughout their telehealth journey. It was only a few years ago that Children’s Health was working alongside the Texas State Medical Board to legalize telehealth in the state.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Preventive care delivery platform Fullscript has joined the athenahealth Marketplace app store.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOC Telemed, the largest national provider of specialty acute care telemedicine, announced its acquisition of Forefront Telecare, a leading virtual behavioral health company serving vulnerable adults nationwide across the care continuum. Founded in 2004, Access TeleCare pioneered inpatient telemedicine. Company Renamed Access TeleCare.

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American Well

JUNE 16, 2016

A recent study by Willis Towers Watson found that telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. While this figure indicates huge potential within healthcare systems for reducing medical costs with telehealth, it’s equally important to break down these numbers into more specific return on investment use cases and data.

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American Well

JUNE 16, 2016

A recent study by Willis Towers Watson found that telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. While this figure indicates huge potential within healthcare systems for reducing medical costs with telehealth, it’s equally important to break down these numbers into more specific return on investment use cases and data.

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled out and a post-pandemic world seems within reach, it is still important to reflect on the past year and how our clients exemplified telehealth excellence and led the way in providing and expanding access to quality care. M Health Fairview. MedStar Health. National Association of Letter Carriers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Telehealth plans quickly changed. Additionally, a pilot is being conducted to evaluate the impact of using a centralized nurse triage process to resolve minor patient issues, freeing up providers' time to increase access. We quickly looked for a telehealth solution to prevent unnecessary transfers and keep care local.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Interest in telehealth has reached an all-time high, with many of the most prestigious health systems in the U.S. Out of all the reasons health systems are implementing telehealth, however, reducing medical costs is one of the largest driving factors. Telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs.

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Health System CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The biggest mistake healthcare organizations can make with telemedicine? During a recent interview about his team’s efforts in response to Covid, he expressed the same passion while discussing the human aspect of leadership as he did while talking about the groundbreaking 3D-printing face shield imitative.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 29, 2020

According to Lahr, who holds both the CIO and CMIO titles, Monument went from doing almost no telehealth visits to more than 600 per day, and set up a nursing triage center within 24 hours. Having the support of leadership, and teams that are able to come together to achieve a common goal. Free tools vs software licenses. *

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

"Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.' "Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.' " Beth Lindsay-Wood, Moffitt Cancer Center.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Telehealth is becoming the future of healthcare delivery across the globe. While health plans are embracing the ease of providing services to their members, telehealth is increasing challenges around improper payments. The telehealth market is growing at a significant rate, and fraud is continuing to grow with it.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Interest in telehealth has reached an all-time high, with many of the most prestigious health systems in the U.S. Out of all the reasons health systems are implementing telehealth, however, reducing medical costs is one of the largest driving factors. Telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The Benefits of Telehealth. Telehealth is a cost-saving solution that uses telecommunications technologies to expand health care outside the walls of a retail pharmacy while complementing and enhancing existing retail pharmacy services. Pharmacist-to-Pharmacist Consultations. Connecting Pharmacists to Care Management Teams.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2019

The Hausers have given more than $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian in support of the hospital’s innovation programs in health information technology and telemedicine since 2011. "Hauser investment in telemedicine is allowing NewYork-Presbyterian to develop a fully integrated emergency care and urgent care ecosystem.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The Benefits of Telehealth. Telehealth is a cost-saving solution that uses telecommunications technologies to expand health care outside the walls of a retail pharmacy while complementing and enhancing existing retail pharmacy services. Pharmacist-to-Pharmacist Consultations. Connecting Pharmacists to Care Management Teams.

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